Charlottetown Airport

CYYG · Prince Edward Island, Canada

Climate Charlottetown Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Charlottetown Airport (CYYG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.9 42 36 46 30 37
February 55.5 41 53 49 52 70
March 56.4 38 48 57 70 56
April 59.8 62 51 45 76
May 69.4 71 74 74 73
June 68.3 43 63 75 77
July 72.7 62 82 57 59
August 74.9 54 66 84 84
September 68.3 53 75 65 75
October 71.0 69 70 63 73
November 60.9 64 63 56 71
December 49.1 52 38 54 37
Average 61.2 39.8 55.7 63.2 62.1 67.0

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.9 80 61 68 77 68
February 76.0 71 79 69 73 81
March 75.7 61 69 72 86 73
April 76.0 78 68 66 92
May 81.1 83 86 84 84
June 81.1 63 77 86 91
July 85.3 75 91 80 79
August 90.4 81 88 91 96
September 86.5 72 88 90 88
October 88.9 84 84 94 93
November 85.1 91 85 80 89
December 83.7 82 79 85 77
Average 80.9 69.7 75.8 79.9 82.8 84.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -2.9 -1 2 -2 -1 -1
February -2.8 0 -2 -1 -1 -1
March 2.0 5 1 3 4 1
April 7.7 9 8 9 7
May 13.8 14 15 14 14
June 19.9 19 20 23 21
July 24.0 26 25 22 24
August 23.8 22 24 25 25
September 19.6 21 20 20 20
October 14.0 15 16 15 13
November 6.9 6 8 8 9
December 1.5 4 3 2 4
Average 9.7 1.0 11.2 11.9 11.5 11.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -9.8 -7 -5 -11 -5 -8
February -10.9 -7 -11 -9 -8 -9
March -5.3 -2 -4 -5 -5 -5
April 0.1 0 1 1 -1
May 4.5 4 5 4 6
June 11.2 11 12 13 13
July 16.0 18 16 14 16
August 15.9 15 17 17 16
September 11.5 13 11 13 11
October 6.6 8 8 7 6
November 0.1 -1 2 2 1
December -5.4 -2 -2 -5 -2
Average 2.2 -6.7 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.3 40 47 59 47 56
February 35.3 39 35 44 35 29
March 29.3 31 30 32 25 33
April 22.1 10 32 32 10
May 17.4 19 14 16 19
June 14.9 19 19 11 8
July 11.0 16 11 19 13
August 11.9 27 15 5 7
September 14.5 22 16 18 10
October 14.4 26 5 6 10
November 28.6 30 27 33 14
December 36.8 37 43 35 46
Average 23.7 36.1 25.1 24.1 21.7 19.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.8 11 11 11 9 10
February 11.0 12 10 12 10 10
March 11.4 12 10 11 12 12
April 10.8 9 11 11 11
May 10.3 12 9 10 11
June 9.6 10 8 10 10
July 8.6 8 10 9 8
August 8.7 9 9 8 10
September 9.3 9 9 10 11
October 9.3 9 8 8 10
November 11.3 10 12 10 11
December 10.7 11 13 10 11
Average 10.2 11.6 9.8 10.0 9.8 10.4

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 288° 346° 271° 328° 308°
February 309° 315° 269° 286° 252°
March 218° 345° 246° 251° 330°
April 323° 349° 005° 328°
May 296° 286° 313° 263°
June 094° 186° 213° 190°
July 184° 223° 211° 185°
August 187° 190° 217° 242°
September 289° 274° 209° 217°
October 239° 210° 327° 224°
November 251° 263° 257° 234°
December 276° 025° 274° 231°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.